Information sought in road-rage incident
Hawaii County police are looking for witnesses to a drivers’ confrontation Wednesday in Kailua-Kona.
Police said a 42-year-old woman driving a maroon Jeep honked at a man driving a blue sedan after he allegedly cut her off while leaving the Kona Commons shopping center on Makala Boulevard, police said.
The 31-year-old Kailua-Kona man and his passenger, his 30-year-old wife, got out of the sedan and confronted the woman. Police said the woman suffered a small puncture wound on her forehead, and the Jeep’s passenger door was damaged.
Police arrested the man on suspicion of unauthorized entry into a motor vehicle and criminal property damage. His wife was arrested on suspicion of assault and unauthorized entry into a motor vehicle. The Jeep driver was arrested on suspicion of assault.
No one required medical treatment, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Walter Ah Mow at 326-4646, ext. 238.
Anonymous calls may be made to CrimeStoppers at 961-8300 or 329-8181.
Man badly hurt when hit by vehicle
A man was critically injured Thursday night when he was struck by a vehicle in Waimalu.
The accident happened at about 7:30 p.m. on Kamehameha Highway near Neal Blaisdell Park.
An Emergency Medical Services supervisor said the man, who appeared to be in his 30s, was taken to a hospital in extremely critical condition.
Police closed the town-bound lanes of Kamehameha Highway at Kuleana Road to investigate.
